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US tariffs LATEST: Cyril Ramaphosa negotiating with Donald Trump
The South African
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August 1, 2025
South Africa remains committed to finding a resolution with the United States following the recently imposed reciprocal tariffs. This, as government intensifies efforts to protect jobs, support affected companies and diversify trade markets. This...
CHAN: List of Major Nairobi Roads to Be Closed From Sunday
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 1, 2025
Traffic is set to be disrupted along several key roads in Nairobi ahead of the Harambee Stars’ opening game in the 2024 African Nations Championships on Sunday, August 3. An alert was issued by Nairobi traffic police boss Joseph Chirchir ahead of...
Hichilema misses at SA Summit
Zambian Eye
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July 29, 2025
68 Views HE IS STILL MOURNING …But PF Says He Was Not Invited President Hakainde Hichilema missed at the Summit of Heads of State and Governments held in South Africa starting Friday. President Hichilema has told the Nation that he is still...
Spotlight on Landlocked Developing Countries Ahead of Third UN Conference
Inter Press Service
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August 1, 2025
Africa, Climate Change, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequality, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Least Developed Countries, Population, Small...
Terrorist who ‘confessed to masterminding 7/7 attack could be freed within days’
Metro
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August 1, 2025
Haroon Aswat, 50, could be home living with family in West Yorkshire as soon as next week (Picture: Getty) A convicted Al Qaeda captain could be released from detention in a psychiatric hospital within days without being formally risk assessed, it...
A Nation on Trial: When Bills Become Bullets and Truth Becomes a Rumour
Zambian Observer
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August 1, 2025
A Nation on Trial: When Bills Become Bullets and Truth Becomes a Rumour By Dr Mwelwa When a government begins to write laws not for freedom, but for fear, not to protect the people, but to protect itself from them, then tyranny is not at the...
Alabuga-manufactured drones aiding Russia's latest attack on Kyiv
The Standard
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August 1, 2025
Rescuers observe before transporting a fragment of Russian cruise missile outside a residential building in Kyiv on August 1, 2025, partially destroyed following a Russian missile strike morning on July 31, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine....
US President Trump Imposes 15% Tariff On Nigeria, Other African Nations In Major Trade Shift
Sahara Reporters
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United States president, Donald Trump, has officially imposed a 15 percent tariff on imports from Nigeria and several other African countries. The White House announced the new tariff rates in an executive order. The Executive Order, titled...
Visa restrictions said to be retarding business
The Gleaner
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August 1, 2025
Visa restrictions continue to limit mobility for many nations in the Global South and hinder Africa-Caribbean trade, high-level delegates at an investment forum have said. According to the latest version of the Henley Passport Index, which ranks...
Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy sees record impact in 2024
Travel Daily Media
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July 31, 2025
Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy (AKP), the nonprofit arm of global travel leader Abercrombie & Kent released its 2024 Impact Report today, 31st July. The report details a record-breaking year of global community support across 25 countries....
Govt Reacts After Trump Spares Kenya From New Tariffs
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 1, 2025
President William Ruto's administration has commended the United States government for retaining its reciprocal tariff at 10 per cent, the lowest rate among nations with comparable export interests. Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui, in a...
Trump hits Nigeria with 15% tariff in revised global trade blitz
The Cable
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August 1, 2025
Nigeria and a raft of African countries have been hit with a 15 percent import tariff following a sweeping executive order from United States President Donald Trump. The White House announced the modified reciprocal tariff rates on Thursday....
Full list of Donald Trump’s new tariffs set to come into force next week
Metro
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August 1, 2025
Economists expect the global economy to suffer as a result of the new measures (Picture: Shutterstock) Donald Trump has signed the executive order which will bring into force sweeping new tariffs on imports from dozens of countries. In a major...
CIDRZ’s PEN-Plus Expansion Brings Hope as Chifubu Clinic Open: Drawing Lessons from Prior Successes.
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
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August 1, 2025
CIDRZ, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and key stakeholders, has continued to scale up access to care for severe and chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through its PEN-Plus clinics, already established in Matero, Mwachisompola,...
Kenyans hold their breath as CHAN 2024 kicks off: strict measures announced
Star
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Harambee Stars' Daneil Sakari and Ryan Ogam during training/ HANDOUTWith less than 48 hours to the opening whistle, the tension in Nairobi is palpable. Kenyans across the country are holding their breath, anticipating the first kick of the 2024...
NAMPUNDWE AND BLUE LAGOON ROAD BEING UPGRADED TO BITUMINOUS ROAD FOR 1 BILLION KWACHA
Zambian Observer
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July 30, 2025
NAMPUNDWE AND BLUE LAGOON ROAD BEING UPGRADED TO BITUMINOUS ROAD FOR 1 BILLION KWACHA By Shalala Oliver Sepiso The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction to bituminous standard of the 96KM Blue Lagoon Road from Farmers Junction (on the...
Letter from the United States
Zambian Eye
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July 27, 2025
23 Views Vol.IV Emmanuel Mwamba in United States By Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba I’ve just taken a 1,000km journey by road. I was quickly shocked but impressed by the excellent quality of roads, bridges and support infrastructure to road users such as;...
Young grower relishing NZ opportunities
Otago Daily Times
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July 29, 2025
A year of backpacking led South African man Steven Rink to finding a new home managing vegetable growing in Canterbury. Tim Cronshaw reports. After graduating with a degree in conservation and ecology from the University of Stellenbosch, Steven...
Which Superpower is Helping Africa Economically: China or the USA?
Our Time Press - New York
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August 1, 2025
By Jeffery Kazembe Batts IG: @kazbatts China has been the African continent’s largest trading partner for the last 16 years. The United States is third, also trailing India. How are the policies of the current Trump administration and the...
Rethinking HIV treatment with tailored solutions for improved patient engagement and outcomes
Daily Maverick
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July 31, 2025
Just over two weeks ago, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that the Treasury had given R622-million of emergency funding to his department to prop up South Africa’s HIV treatment programme, with about R590-million for provinces’ HIV...